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H. HOUGHTON.

. COMBINED GAP AND PLUG.

Patented July 1, 1890.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HADWIN HOUGI-ITON, OF NEW YORK,'N. Y.

COMBINED CAP AND PLUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,056, dated July 1, 1890.

Application filed October 23, 1889. Serial No. 327,920% (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HADWIN HOUGHTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Plug for Closing a Can for Varnish, Oil, Paint, and other Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to combine a plug or stopper with a cap or cover, andthus give the consumer of such liquids as varnishes, oils, paints, and the like a means of temporarily closing the nozzle of a can with a cap and of permanently closing it by inverting the cap and thereby forming a plug.

Fign re 1 is a side elevation of a combined cap and plug embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same.

I attain the objects in the manner illustrat'ed in the accompanying drawings, in which the sides a of the opening I) in the cap A are contracted at the top, thus enabling the cap to bind upon the lip-of the .nozzle, and for ordinary every-day use the amount of varnish adhering to the lip of such nozzle will sufiiciently attach the cap to keep out the air; but for more or less permanent closing I provide on the other side of the cap a plug 9, which is also tapered to make a snug fit on the interior sides of the nozzle. To avoid the danger of too strong an adherence to the nozzle the plug is made very short, and

to facilitate its removal the combined cap and plug is milled or roughened on its rim, as at f. This combined cap and plug may be made of Wood, glass, porcelain,papier-mach, metal, or any suitable material. It made of Wood, the shrinkage by heat or expansion by moisture does not interfere with its use, as is the case with the ordinary simple plug or simple cap. If shrinkage makes the plug end too small, it makes the cap end fit the'tighter, and vice versa. If moisture makes the cap end expand till it is too loose, the plug end will fit tightly.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined cap and plug made of asingle piece of material, having the opening on one side with the contracted sides I), and having the short plug 6 onthe opposite side hav ing a diameter less than the diameter of the said opening, substantially as described.

HADWIN HOUGHTON. @Vitnesses:

WM. 11. LOUGHRAN, J OHN T. DOOLING. 

